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Farewell, My Subaru

Farewell, My Subaru is an autobiographical novel of author and journalist Doug Fine documenting life at Fine's Funky Butte Ranch in New Mexico. Published March 24, 2009 by Villard Books, an imprint of Random House, the book became a bestseller and is now in its fourth printing. .

Fine's work on Not Really An Alaskan Mountain Man made him realize what it was like "to live on a planet." Now with first hand awareness of issues such as climate change and the value of ecological health, in 2006 he embarked on a new book about his attempt to wean himself off fossil fuels, beginning his Hypocrisy Reduction Project. Fine moved from Alaska to an even more remote spot in New Mexico and, much to the amusement of the locals and to the detriment of his own comfort, at first, tried to live the Digital Age good life, only with almost no fossil fuels.

Fine's literary goal was to see if a regular fellow with no discernible survival skill set could live a nearly petroleum-free life without giving up modern conveniences.

Farewell, My Subaru's critical acclaim in the national media include earning comparisons to Bill Bryson and Douglas Adams, and landed Fine interviews on CNN and on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.